CC MINS 20010929 ADJ MINUTES
RANCHO PALOS VERDES CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY LEADERS' BREAKFAST
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2001
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The meeting was called to order at 9:20 A.M. by Mayor Marilyn Lyon at the Fred Hesse
Community Park, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, notice having been given with affidavit
thereto on file.
Present: McTaggart, Ferraro, Stern, Gardiner, and Mayor Lyon
Absent: None
Also present were City Manager Les Evans, Assistant City Manager Carolynn Petru,
Administrative Services Director/City Clerk Jo Purcell, Deputy City Clerk Jackie Drasco,
Recreation & Parks Director Ron Rosenfeld, Public Works Director Dean Allison, and
Director of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement Joel Rojas.
After the Flag salute, which was led by City Manager Les Evans, self introductions
followed.
Beautification of Hawthorne Boulevard
Public Works Director Allison gave a Power Point presentation of the Plan to Beautify
Hawthorne Boulevard. Said presentation showed "before" and "after" pictures of
Hawthorne Boulevard. This would be a multi-year plan and would cost an estimated
$7.5 million.
Funds would be coming from two sources: Roadway Beautification Fund and Recycling
fund. The first phase of this project would start at Eddinghill Drive to Locklenna Dr.
Susan Powell of Land Images, the City's on-call landscape architect, showed
photographs of plants and color palettes of the proposed plants and responded to
inquiries about their characteristics.
Harbor Hills Project
Citing the urgency of the situation relative to the Harbor Hills Project and how it
impacted City residents, Mayor Pro Tem McTaggart requested that Council consider
adding this matter to the agenda. He reported that the County Board of Supervisors
would be considering approval of this project at their Tuesday morning meeting. He
then moved, seconded by Mayor Lyon to add discussion of this matter to the agenda.
The motion carried unanimously.
Mayor Pro Tem McTaggart moved, seconded by Councilwoman Ferraro to authorize
both he and Mayor Lyon to request the City Attorney to begin research on the Harbor
Hills legal issues relative to the California Environmental Quality Act; additionally, that
he and the Mayor be designated to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting and
request more time to clarify and mitigate the issues between the Sports Complex and
City residents adjacent to the project. Motion carried.
State Senator Betty Karnette gave a brief report on the status of redistricting resulting
from the 2000 census. Senator Karnette will continue to represent the City and both
the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro and the Port of Long Beach.
ADJOURNMENT:
At the meeting adjourned on motion of Mayor Lyon at 10:45 A.M.
/s/Marilyn Lyon
Mayor
Attest:
/s/Jo P u rce I I
City Clerk
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